How to retrieve available RAM from Windows command line?
systeminfo is a command that will output system information, including available memory
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Execute CMD commands using C++
You can execute Windows Command prompt commands using a C++ function called system();. For safer standards you are recommended to use Windows specific API’S like ShellExecute or ShellExecuteEx. Here is how to run CMD command using system() function. You should place the CMD command like shown below in the program source code: system(“CMD_COMMAND”); Here is … Read more
How to escape ampersands, semicolons, and curly braces in command-line powershell params?
powershell .\makeConfig.ps1 -password “‘xxx<xxxx;xxxxx&x.xxxx}xx/xxx'” -otherparam 3 Here outer ” double quotes would escape all cmd poisonous characters e.g. <, & etc. excepting ” itself and % percentage sign (and ! exclamation mark if delayed expansion is enabled) while inner ‘ apostrophes (single quotes) would escape all powershell ones (excepting ‘ apostrophe itself). However, exceptions noticed … Read more
Create a batch file to run an .exe with an additional parameter
in batch file abc.bat cd c:\user\ben_dchost\documents\ executible.exe -flag1 -flag2 -flag3 I am assuming that your executible.exe is present in c:\user\ben_dchost\documents\ I am also assuming that the parameters it takes are -flag1 -flag2 -flag3 Edited: For the command you say you want to execute, do: cd C:\Users\Ben\Desktop\BGInfo\ bginfo.exe dc_bginfo.bgi pause Hope this helps
Watch file for changes and run command with powershell
Here is an example I have found in my snippets. Hopefully it is a little bit more comprehensive. First you need to create a file system watcher and subsequently you subscribe to an event that the watcher is generating. This example listens for “Create” events, but could easily be modified to watch out for “Change”. … Read more
Bash in Git for Windows: Weirdness when running a command with CMD.exe /C with args
This is actually documented in the ReleaseNotes file (in the top level folder of your installed Git for Windows) Also, extra care has to be paid to pass Windows programs Windows paths, as they have no clue about MSys style POSIX paths — You can use something like $(cmd //c echo “$POSIXPATH”). If you use … Read more
Open text file and program shortcut in a Windows batch file
I was able to figure out the solution: start notepad “myfile.txt” “myshortcut.lnk” exit
How can I run a PowerShell script with white spaces in the path from the command line?
The -File parameter If you want to run powershell.exe -File from the command line, you always have to set paths with spaces in double quotes (“). Single quotes (‘) are only recognized by PowerShell. But as powershell.exe is invoked (and hence the file parameter processed) by the command line, you have to use “. powershell.exe … Read more
Change the default terminal in Visual Studio Code
You can also select your default terminal by pressing F1 in Visual Studio Code and typing/selecting Terminal: Select Default Profile (or Terminal: Select Default Shell in older Visual Studio Code versions). Older:
PostBuildEvent Create Directory
You need to do something like: if not exist DirToCreate mkdir DirToCreate